{"id":"CVE-2026-84561","title":"A double free issue was addressed with improved memory management","summary":"A double free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in iOS 26.7 and iPadOS 26.7, iOS 27 and iPadOS 27, macOS Golden Gate 27, macOS Sequoia 15.8, macOS Tahoe 26.7, tvOS 27, visionOS 27, watchOS 27. An ap…","severity":"critical","cvss":9.8,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","cwe":["CWE-415"],"vendor":"apple","product":"ipados","affected":["ipados < 26.7","iphone_os < 26.7","macos >= 15.0, < 15.8","macos >= 26.0, < 26.7","tvos < 27.0","visionos < 27.0","watchos < 27.0"],"patched":["ipados 26.7","iphone_os 26.7","macos 26.7","tvos 27.0","visionos 27.0","watchos 27.0"],"published":"2026-09-14","updated":"2026-09-16","sourceUpdated":"2026-09-16T18:26:56.887","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-84561","references":[{"url":"https://support.apple.com/en-us/149034","label":"product-security@apple.com"},{"url":"https://support.apple.com/en-us/149035","label":"product-security@apple.com"},{"url":"https://support.apple.com/en-us/149036","label":"product-security@apple.com"},{"url":"https://support.apple.com/en-us/149037","label":"product-security@apple.com"},{"url":"https://support.apple.com/en-us/149038","label":"product-security@apple.com"},{"url":"https://support.apple.com/en-us/149041","label":"product-security@apple.com"},{"url":"https://support.apple.com/en-us/149042","label":"product-security@apple.com"},{"url":"https://support.apple.com/en-us/149043","label":"product-security@apple.com"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org"],"epss":0.00652,"epssPercentile":0.49446,"ssvc":{"exploitation":"none","automatable":"yes","technicalImpact":"total","timestamp":"2026-09-16T14:26:06.505033Z"},"ingestedAt":"2026-09-14T21:15:17.540Z","slug":"CVE-2026-84561","body":"## Overview\n\nA double free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in iOS 26.7 and iPadOS 26.7, iOS 27 and iPadOS 27, macOS Golden Gate 27, macOS Sequoia 15.8, macOS Tahoe 26.7, tvOS 27, visionOS 27, watchOS 27. An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination or corrupt kernel memory.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `ipados < 26.7`\n- `iphone_os < 26.7`\n- `macos >= 15.0, < 15.8`\n- `macos >= 26.0, < 26.7`\n- `tvos < 27.0`\n- `visionos < 27.0`\n- `watchos < 27.0`\n\n## Remediation\n\nUpgrade past the affected range:\n\n- `ipados 26.7`\n- `iphone_os 26.7`\n- `macos 26.7`\n- `tvos 27.0`\n- `visionos 27.0`\n- `watchos 27.0`","depth":"midnight","depthScore":54,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":53.9,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[{"seq":205292,"id":"CVE-2026-84561","ts":1789570706365,"field":"cvss","old":null,"new":"9.8"},{"seq":205291,"id":"CVE-2026-84561","ts":1789570706365,"field":"severity","old":"none","new":"critical"}]}